For Golden State Warriors fans, this season is undoubtedly very happy, after the team missed the playoffs for two consecutive years, this season finally appeared on the playoff stage again after welcoming back the Splash Brothers, their opponent in the first round of the playoffs is Jokic's Nuggets, who missed many games in the final stage of the regular season, this game did not enter the starting lineup, and Poole replaced him and Klay Thompson to form a backcourt double gun, in the first playoff game of his career, Poole played an extremely eye-catching personal performance, which is also the reason why fans ridiculed curry to play as a substitute for Tea Jordan, and Klay Thompson's three-point feel in this game was also very hot, and finally with the excellent performance of the backcourt double gun, the Warriors defeated the Nuggets 123-107 and achieved a playoff start!
The Warriors were able to rise rapidly in the Western Conference and become a championship-level team, and having a core player with a very strong personal ability like Curry is certainly a very important reason, but they are not obsessed with the individual singles of the stars, team basketball has always been their choice, and in the previous two seasons that did not qualify for the playoffs, many potential new stars on the team have also made great progress in terms of personal ability through actual combat.
After returning to the playoffs after two years, the Warriors still continued their team style, and Dream Green is still the team's offensive axis, especially in the case of Curry's starter, Green has become the core of the team's offensive organization, in the 28.6 minutes of its appearance, 7 shots hit 5 goals, contributed 12 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists and 2 blocks of comprehensive personal data, both offensive and defensive ends have provided great help to the team.
With Green's passing ball, the rest of the Warriors' other endpoints only need to do one thing on the court, that is, put the ball in the basket, the best performance of this team is the fans called Tea Jordan Poole, the first 30.1 minutes, Poole three-point line 7 shooting 5, soared the team's high 30 points, compared to the playoffs comeback Curry, still in the state of the stage, off the bench for 21.4 minutes, 3 of 6 three-pointers, got 16 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, Poole, who is better at personal scoring efficiency, also received praise from fans after the game, believing that Curry was justified in playing him as a substitute!
This game is also Wiggins joined the team, the first time to follow the Warriors to the playoffs, health mamba performed well in this game, got 16 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal, for Klay Thompson, the playoffs are also a familiar and unfamiliar stage, this battle Tang Shen continued the excellent state of the final stage of the regular season, 5 of 10 shots from outside the three-point line, easily cut 19 points, helped the team lock up the victory early.
After the Warriors played a super overall performance at the beginning of the season, many fans have seen the hope of this league's former king division and regaining dominance of the league, judging from their performance in the first game of the playoffs, it is still very good, and they hope that the role players who perform well in the regular season can closely unite around the Splash Brothers and Green, and use the performance and fighting spirit of the united will to impact the O'Brien Cup!